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BabyEinstein

Published: 03/9/10

Parents, Wake Up -- 'Educational' Videos for Babies Don't Work

By Ria Misra - Politics Daily

Color me surprised. Another study has come out saying that educational videos for infants are not helpful, and might be harmful. This latest study is set to be published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine in May -- and it reports that educational DVDs aimed at infants are not likely to boost their word power. Yes, I too am shocked (shocked!) that sticking your 1-year-old in front of the DVD player for an hour a day will not, in fact, turn her into a prodigy. The APAM study is not the first with this finding. One done almost three years ago by researchers at the University ...

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